LSD was first synthesized on November 16, 1938 by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.

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On Saturday Steve Rolles appeared on BBC Radio 4's flagship current affairs show, the Today programme, to discuss drugs policy reform, specifically Transform's new book 'After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation'

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Betty Boop Uses Nitrous Oxide, Prompting 1934 Ban

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Retired undercover narcotics detective Jack Cole and Judge Andrew Napolitano discuss their support for legalizing drugs after spending careers sending drug offenders to jail.

Jann Gumbiner, Ph.D. has a post at Psychology Today pondering how young people will be affected by marijuana legalization. She has more questions than answers, but it's interesting to see what concerns come up for a parent who's undecided on the issue.

Her conclusion strikes me as quite sensible:

As a parent, I ask myself, "what are the dangers to teens?" And, what are the likely scenarios? If pot is still illegal to anyone under 21, how will teens get it? I think the most likely scenario is the same as beer and cigarettes. Older brothers and sisters, with IDs, will legally buy packaged marijuana cigarettes at gas stations and share them with younger ones on Friday night parties. As a parent, I ask myself, "how do I feel about this?" And... after a little thought, I actually feel better knowing my child is with trusted friends, ingesting measured substances than on a corner at night buying an illegal substance from a stranger.

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Seine Fans sind schockiert. Harry Potter-Star Daniel Radcliffe hat sich auf einer Party offenbar so sehr mit Marihuana berauscht, dass er nicht mehr allzu viel von seiner Umgebung mitbekommen hat.

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The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it -- as long as they are out of public view -- despite a federal ban.

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Daniel Radcliffe was “spaced out” as he reportedly smoked cannabis at a party recently, according to newspaper reports.

Photographs have emerged of the ‘Harry Potter’ star appearing dazed and confused after apparently smoking a “joint” – a term commonly used to describe a cannabis-laced cigarette - at a recent London bash, where he boasted of his drug-taking and even let a girl draw a moustache on his face

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